A Wild Sheep Chase

Quirky and utterly captivating, A Wild Sheep Chase is Murakami at his astounding best.

An advertising executive receives a postcard from a friend and casually appropriates the image for an advertisement. What he doesn't realize is that included in the scene is a mutant sheep with a star on its back, and in using this photo he has unwittingly captured the attention of a man who offers a menacing ultimatum: find the sheep or face dire consequences. Thus begins a surreal and elaborate quest that takes readers from Tokyo to the remote mountains of northern Japan, where the unnamed protagonist has a surprising confrontation with his demons.

Author: Haruki Murakami
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 04/09/2002
Pages: 368
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.61lbs
Size: 8.22h x 5.01w x 0.78d
ISBN13: 9780375718946
ISBN10: 037571894X
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Mystery & Detective | International Crime & Mystery
- Fiction | Magical Realism

About the Author
Born in Kyoto, Japan, in 1949, Haruki Murakami grew up in Kobe and now lives near Tokyo. The most recent of his many honors is the Yomiuri Literary Prize, whose previous recipients include Yukio Mishima, Kenzaburo Oe, and Kobo Abe. His work has been translated into more than fifty languages.